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Definition of Weirs

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Weir Weir (w[=e]r), Wear Wear,n. [OE. wer, AS. wer; akin to G. wehr, AS. werian to defend, protect, hinder, G. wehren, Goth. warjan; and perhaps to E. wary; or cf. Skr. v[.r] to check, hinder. [root]142. Cf. Garret.] 1. A dam in a river to stop and raise the water, for the purpose of conducting it to a mill, forming a fish pond, or the like. 2. A fence of stakes, brushwood, or the like, set in a stream, tideway, or inlet of the sea, for taking fish. 3. A long notch with a horizontal edge, as in the top of a vertical plate or plank, through which water flows, -- used in measuring the quantity of flowing water.

Meaning of Weirs from wikipedia

- order n. In practice, most weirs are low-order polynomial weirs. The standard rectangular weir is, for example, a polynomial weir of order zero. The triangular...
- fishing weirs (a version of the ancient Austronesian stone fish weirs) are also known in English as fish corral and barrier net. The English word 'weir' comes...
- world by the Guinness Book of World Records in 2008. "The Weirs Times Online!". www.weirs.com. Retrieved 13 Sep 2018. "American Newspaper Representatives"...
- Weir House, Tennessee, USA Weirs Beach, New Hampshire The Weirs, an archaeological site in Weirs Beach, New Hampshire Weir (surname), a list of people...
- fish-pounds and millers' weirs. They are referred to by ****erius Menevensis in the ninth century and Magna Carta (1215) states that "weirs, for the time to come...
- Society for the Protection of Birds". ww2.rspb.org.uk. Retrieved 4 December 2020. Five Weirs Walk – Website Five Weirs Walking Guide Blue Loop Map v t e...
- Weirs is the first collaborative studio album by Luke Vibert and Jeremy Simmonds released in 1993. Bush, John. "Weirs - Vibert/Simmonds". AllMusic. Retrieved...
- The Weir is a play written by Conor McPherson in 1997. It was first produced at The Royal Court Theatre Upstairs in London, England, on 4 July 1997. It...
- built into small dams or weirs where a head of water was used for powering a mill. The lock allowed boats to p**** the weir while still allowing the mill...
- more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 16.92% of the po****tion. Weirs current mayor is Mervin Walker. There were 216 households, out of which...